Once everything works as expected, it is necessary to include dnscrypt-proxy to our rc.local to run automatically whenever the system boots. Restart Network Manager: $ sudo restart network-manager Final Test On the IPv4 Settings tab, set Method to “Automatic (DHCP) addresses only” and set DNS servers to “127.0.0.1”.On the Wired or Wireless tab highlight your active Internet connection.Open Network Connections from the menu.

Reconfigure Network Manager to use DNSCrypt: Run the following command to start DNSCrypt: $ sudo /usr/local/sbin/dnscrypt-proxy -daemonize -pidfile=/run/dnscrypt-proxy.pid -edns-payload-size=4096 Install the DNSCrypt Proxy: $ cd dnscrypt-proxy-1.3.3/ $ rm -rf libsodium* DNSCrypt Proxy Installationĭownload and extract the latest DNSCrypt Proxy: $ wget -O - | tar -xz Install the library: $ cd libsodium-0.4.2/ $ sudo apt-get install build-essentialĭownload and extract the latest libsodium library: $ wget -O - | tar -xz Install the packages necessary to compile DNSCrypt.

It encrypts DNS requests using the DNSCrypt Protocol and pass them to an upstream server, by default OpenDNS. This tutorial describes how to install and set up DNSCrypt on Debian based systems, like Linux Mint, Ubuntu etc.ĭNSCrypt Proxy – is a tool for securing communications between a client and a DNS resolver.

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